Island of the Dead Brian Keene Apex Book Company (October 15, 2024) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Brian Keene needs no introduction to most readers of horror fiction, who will likely know him from his The Rising series, a chronicle of a zombie apocalypse, or similar works....
The Abyssal Plain: The R’lyeh Cycle Edited by William Holloway and Brett J. Talley JournalStone Publishing (November 29, 2019) Reviewed by Andrew Byers One of the chief conceits of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos is that eventually the stars will be right and the...
Black Seas of Infinity: The R’lyeh Cycle Book Two Edited by William Holloway JournalStone Publishing (June 28, 2024) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Black Seas of Infinity is William Holloway’s follow-up to his 2019 anthology, The Abyssal Plain: The R’lyeh Cycle (also from...
The Secret Language of Spiders K. L. Young Strange Aeons (June 25, 2024) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Writer and filmmaker K.L. Young has released a new novel, The Secret Language of Spiders, that I would describe as a Lovecraftian body horror set in a small, dying town...
Gods of a Nameless Country Jeffrey Thomas JournalStone Publishing (March 1, 2024) Reviewed by Andrew Byers Jeffrey Thomas is an extremely prolific writer, perhaps best known for his Punktown setting and series, but he’s also written a great many stand-alone novels and...